Definizione monolingua

dominant

dominant

1. Present participle of dominer.

dominant (plural dominants)

1. (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
2. (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.

dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)

1. Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

   The dominant party controlled the government.

2. Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.

   The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.

   • 2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10

     All other elements are mere ""impurities"" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.

Definizione dizionario dominant

dominante

superiore

Altri significati:

(music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

tone of a musical scale

(music) The triad built on the dominant tone.

ruling